Religion and Characters in
Astonishing X-Men Sketchbook Special (July 2008)
by Simone Bianchi, Salvador Larroca

12 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Summers Rebellion; The Twelve...  Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; X-Factor; X-Men		2,604
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian	Brotherhood of Mutants; X-Factor...  The Defenders; X-Men; The Avengers; X-Club; Academy of Tomorrow		5,233
Angel (Warren Worthington III)	Episcopalian	Renegades; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  X-Saviours; X-Club; Academy of Tomorrow; Secret Defenders; X-Force; X-Factor; The Defenders; X-Men; The Champions		1,741
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Secret Defenders; Alpha Flight...  X-Force; X-Men; The Avengers; X-Treme Sanctions Executive; Team X; Weapon Plus; First Flight; Weapon X; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy		10,121
Storm (Ororo Munroe)	Goddess worship	black; X-Treme Sanctions Executive...  X-Saviours; The Twelve; Weapon X (Exiles); Lady Liberators; X-Men; The Fantastic Four; Morlocks (leader)		5,068
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; X-Men...  Neyaphem; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Colossus (Peter Rasputin)	Communist atheist (former)	The Acolytes; Weapon X (Exiles)...  Excalibur; X-Men		4,122
Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)	Jewish	The Exiles; Excalibur...  X-Men; S.H.I.E.L.D.		3,128
White Queen (Emma Frost)	Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist	X-Men; Hellfire Club Inner Circle...  Council of the Chosen; Academy of Tomorrow; Dark X-Men; Generation X (teacher)		3,409
Armor (Hisako Ichiki)		Asian; X-Men...  Xavier Institute		132
Dazzler (Alison Blaire)	singing	Academy of Tomorrow; Excalibur...  X-Men		447
X-23 (Laura Kinney)	religiously untrained	New X-Men; League of Losers...  X-Force; X-Men		190

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